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Critics say the district’s new redistricting plan will not do enough to balance enrollment among the affected schools.
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North Allegheny is no longer investigating the International Baccalaureate program.
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North Allegheny school directors will vote Feb. 19 on the administration’s fourth and final redistricting plan that would move fewer than 200 elementary students and allow current fourth- and seventh-grade students to stay where they are.
The North Allegheny’s School District’s fourth redistricting scenario, which was formed in response to opposition from parents, is also drawing opposition.
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SaveNASchools encourages residents to attend the school board meeting on Wednesday, January 22 at 7pm. This is the last board meeting before the February 19th vote to accept the administration’s redistricting plan. Residents interested in registering to speak may do so by contacting School Board Secretary Rose Mary Ryan at rryan@northallegheny.org or 412-369-5437.
At the January 15th meeting, the administration presented the School Board with a recommended redistricting scenario. The presentation is now available on the district’s web site. You may also click here or on the link below to access the presentation.
The North Allegheny School District’s final redistricting plan moves fewer than 200 elementary students and allows current fourth- and seventh-grade students to stay in their current schools.
The plan, which was presented to the school board at its work session Wednesday, also keeps the Franklintowne neighborhood at Ingomar Elementary and the Spring Ridge neighborhood at Franklin Elementary. Residents of those plans pleaded with the district to let them stay in their current schools.
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SaveNASchools encourages residents to attend the school board meeting on Wednesday, January 15 at 7pm. Administrators will propose a final recommended redistricting scenario for School Board review.
Please note that the meeting will be held in the Carson Middle School Auditorium.
North Allegheny School District administrators are working on a fourth redistricting plan, one that takes into account comments from parents during focus group meetings.
“We’re hearing folks loud and clear,” said Robert Scherer, assistant superintendent for K-12 education.
The new plan would move fewer students, less than 300, and could allow the current fourth- and seventh-graders to stay put for their last year in a building, as long as their parents provide transportation.
Some North Allegheny school board members say it’s time to consider asking tax-exempt nonprofits to chip in to help balance the district’s budget, especially because a preliminary spending plan for 2014-15 is showing a $7.3 million deficit.
Board Vice President Tara Fisher is proposing payment-in-lieu-of-tax programs, agreements under which nonprofits and other organizations contribute to government entities.
“We’ve seen it work with other school districts, when there are nonprofit organizations that are within their borders,” said Fisher, one of three members who joined the board this month.
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